Chapter 210: Dad, you and Li Ayi……

Ming Zi thought that money was likely the biggest motivation for this man to chase all the way to Huaiyang.

She saw that Xue Ming seemed to be stunned, then he quickly stood up and left.

After only a few steps, he turned back, pressed his hands on the tabletop, and looked down at her from above.

"I didn't come here for money."

"Then what was it for?" Ming Zi gave a strained smile. "Don't tell me you want me to return that kiss to you?"

She spread her hands. "But there's no way; my first kiss was gone when I was eighteen, I can't return it."

"Marry me."

Xue Ming said.

Ming Zi almost choked on her own saliva.

It was her first time seeing someone so blunt, as if he had no guile at all.

Ever since she left campus, she had rarely encountered such a person.

"You're not stupid, are you?" Ming Zi said, feeling quite speechless. "Trying to trade a first kiss for a wife."

"It's a pity, I don't intend to marry again in this lifetime."

Ming Zi couldn't help but soften her tone when speaking to such a sincere person.

"I was married years ago, my husband has passed away now, and I have three children; my eldest son already has a girlfriend."

"If nothing goes wrong, I expect I'll be a Nainai before long."

"You should just find a woman who can live a life with you! As for the matter of your first kiss, blame me."

Ming Zi pulled a thousand yuan from her bag, thought for a moment, then pulled out another five hundred and placed it in front of him.

"There, once we finish this meal, we'll be square."

Xue Ming said nothing; halfway through the meal, Ming Zi went to the restroom, and when she returned, Xue Ming had already left.

That fifteen hundred yuan was pressed neatly under the teacup.

There was a sense of desolate loss.

……

"I've won again!" Si Rong was very happy; her luck was excellent today, and among the group of people, only she was winning.

Jiang Aiguo took the initiative to take on the tasks of cooking and watching the grandchildren, greatly liberating Si Rong and her daughter-in-law.

Hu Qian even had an idea to simply keep the old man here for good.

That way, there would be someone to cook and look after the grandchildren, and she could focus entirely on playing mahjong and playing matchmaker.

But this wasn't realistic, because the old Mrs. Jiang was still alive, and Jiang Aiguo, as her son, still had to go back to serve her for a few months every year.

"Time to eat!" Jiang Aiguo made dumplings today, with his two sons keeping him company on the side.

Before their family found Wu Shen, housework was primarily done by the men.

This family rule was truly excellent, and Si Rong immediately decided that it would be adopted in the house from now on.

"Brother, the dumplings you wrapped are really ugly!" Jiang Yu teased maliciously.

Jiang Cheng glanced at the ones his younger brother wrapped; they did indeed seem to look better than his own.

He first remained still, then unexpectedly punched the dumpling Jiang Yu had just wrapped.

The sharp-edged dumpling became soft and collapsed.

"Whose looks better now?" Jiang Cheng raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Yu: ……

"Dad, look at him!" He chose to tell on him.

Jiang Aiguo snorted coldly. "The two of you are nearly a hundred years old combined, and you're still fighting?"

Truly childish!

"Dad, you and Li Ayi……" Jiang Yu started but stopped.

Jiang Aiguo immediately shut his mouth, turned his head, and began to lecture Jiang Cheng. "You're such a grown man, don't you know how to let your younger brother have his way?"

Jiang Cheng: ……

His father's change of face shocked him.

"Dad, what about you and Li Ayi? Is it the Li Ayi from our courtyard?"

Jiang Aiguo: ……

"Shh!" He looked toward the living room with trepidation, and seeing his wife was busy playing mahjong, he let out a sigh of relief. "We just danced square dance together, nothing else. Don't tell your mother! You know how petty your mother is."

Jiang Cheng: ……

So that was how Jiang Yu held his old man over a barrel.

"By the way, Brother, have you used that good stuff yet?" While Jiang Aiguo turned to boil the dumplings, Jiang Yu asked Jiang Cheng quietly.

Jiang Cheng scolded, "I haven't even started on you yet; if you dare to bring those low-class things in front of me again, watch out, I'll break your legs!"

Seeing him like this, Jiang Yu understood that his brother hadn't had the chance to use it yet.

"Brother, you don't understand, that's called romance."

Jiang Yu said with great regret, "Since you aren't using it, then give it back to me!"

Jiang Cheng hadn't intended to use it anyway; he got up and went upstairs, preparing to crawl under the bed to return that thing to Jiang Yu.

Take it away quickly!

So he wouldn't have to live in fear every day.

But when Jiang Cheng returned to the bedroom to look, he discovered that the thing he had stuffed into the crevice under the bed was gone!

His mind went blank instantly; where did the thing go?

Could it have been discovered by Rongrong?

But his wife hadn't shown anything unusual over the past two days.

Jiang Cheng returned to the kitchen full of worries and pulled Jiang Yu into the study with one hand.

"Confess! Did you sneak into my and your sister-in-law's room and steal that thing?"

Jiang Yu:...

What a huge pot to be blamed for!

"Brother, even if you don't want to return it to me, you can't slander me like this, right?"

"I am a county magistrate, after all, not some thief. Why would I steal your things for no reason?"

Besides, Big Brother is already married to Sister-in-law; wouldn't it be perverted for him to sneak in there?

Jiang Cheng was still suspicious; only the two of them knew about that thing.

"Are you sure you didn't take it?" Jiang Yu confirmed again.

Jiang Cheng shook his head.

"Then it really is a ghost of a mystery." Jiang Yu believed his brother's words; if his brother had really used it, he certainly wouldn't be embarrassed to argue about this with him.

"Forget it, forget it. If it's lost, it's lost. Next time, if you want one, I'll bring you another!" Jiang Yu said.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he received a flick to the forehead.

Downstairs, Jiang Aiguo called out that the dumplings were ready.

The two brothers went downstairs, where Fang Ting was holding her daughter and saying goodbye.

"Just eat here! After we finish eating, we can continue playing mahjong!" Si Rong urged her to stay.

She took Jiang Yue's hand, "Right, daughter-in-law?"

"Dacheng has already cooked at home. If I don't go back, our food will be left over again!"

Fang Ting held her daughter and waved to Si Rong, "Goodbye, Mother-in-law!"

At the dinner table, Hu Qian brought up Jiang Yue, "This child is truly wonderful, always smiling, and her little chubby legs are so strong. Fang Ting and her husband are good people too. If this little girl can really be Si Nian's wife in the future, it would be fate!"

"Don't go around playing matchmaker!" Jiang Aiguo said, "My eldest grandson is only how old now? He doesn't even know what a wife is yet!"

Although Si Rong liked Jiang Yue and enjoyed joking around, the children would have their own paths to walk in the future, and as parents, they shouldn't interfere too much.

At night, after Si Rong finished washing up and lay in bed, she touched the neck wrinkles on her throat, "When the children grow up, we will be old too."

"Yes, everyone grows old," Jiang Cheng agreed.

Si Rong kicked his calf, "Can't you say I'll be eighteen forever?"

"Alright! Everyone else will grow old, but only you will be eighteen forever!" Jiang Cheng said, following her lead.

Si Rong:...

Hmph! That sounded very awkward.

As the couple was talking, Xiao Juzi suddenly stood up on the bed, wobbling, with something in her little chubby hand, looking very excited, "Ma, good! Eat... eat!"

Jiang Cheng's eyes widened instantly; how could that thing be in his daughter's hand?

Si Rong had already reflexively rushed over and snatched the object away, asking in confusion, "What is this?"

When she saw the picture on it, her face instantly turned bright red, "Jiang! Cheng!"